If the attacker uses an FSD reset missile it has the effect of powering down your FSD momentarily and takes up to 18 seconds more or less for your FSD to reboot so you can jump out. If you have the fast reboot mod that time is reduced by I think 80% (don’t have the exact value to hand). Anyway, those 18 seconds mean life or death to a lot of cargo builds.
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That's what i was i missing. If jumping to another system remove the mass lock problem than it's doable. With my T9 i surely have the time to jump away that way.
Thanks, everything about this thread has more sense for me now.
That's what I thought until I ran into someone killing my FSD with missiles everytime I tried to highwake. I have made changes to the build, but still haven't the opportunity to test it.
Can't point defense do something about it ?
That's one of the changes I've made. My T-9 lasted a long time, maybe 4-5 jump attempts but couldn't get away. I've also added a double engineered FSD with fast boot, don't know if that will help though.
All else considered, the numerous development failings of this game (IMO only), if it had a vibrant, active and flourishing OPEN server, I would still be playing just for that reason. But it doesnt.
The fast boot FSD is very useful if your attacker has an FSD reboot missile (see above). Point defense won’t help as the FSD reset missile is a dumb fire and will usually be fired from point blank range.
The game uses p2p which works fine for pvp with up to around 8 participants.
That brings us back at the start then. Even if I re-engineer the fsd with faster boot sequence the griefer can reboot my fsd ad long he has munitions for it.
Right ?
No, because there is a cool down period after each reboot i.e. they can’t reboot your FSD continuously. You should normally have plenty of time to jump out after the first FSD reset.
Understood.
So the sequence with a fast boot fsd is:
Submit to interdiction.
Plan a jump to another system.
Take the first missile.
Use the cool down to execute the jump.
Thanks for the mentoring
I enjoy the rush of dodging the gankers while mocking them as my cutter and I high wake away , pirates I usually stop and drop cargo for depending how much money I have .
Its all good fun
I've done a couple of fighting CGs in open previously, and it is always much more fun fighting real players. The only downside is that it takes a lot longer to earn combat bonds when you have to deal with humans.
You can plan the jump while you are in SC then use the ‘NEXT SYSTEM ON ROUTE’ key if attacked. Otherwise go to the Nav panel, navigate UP to go straight to the furthest jumpable system (if your attacker has less jump range than you it’s a good idea to jump as far as possible). It’s rare that a ganker would follow you, but if you want to be really sure you can disable you drives via the modules panel on the right, while still in SC, and this will drop you in normal space without creating a low wake marker, so your pursuer won’t find you. As I said, it shouldn’t come to that although I as a pirate would probably follow you to get your stuff, but I never kill, at most I would disable your ship and leave you hanging in space, then if you accept my friend request I’ll let you reboot and if you didn’t enjoy the cat and mouse I’ll refund you your cargo as it’s only a game. Thanks for being open minded.Understood.
So the sequence with a fast boot fsd is:
Submit to interdiction.
Plan a jump to another system.
Take the first missile.
Use the cool down to execute the jump.
Thanks for the mentoring
When my cmdr goes out robbing the most he can expect against a well built cutter is that maybe one hatch breaker gets through the point defense. So a 7A hatch breaker does have its uses.
I had only bad experiences in this game when being interdicted by other players, i'm sure you've already guessed it.
Judging from how you related with me in this thread, i guess there should be more pirates like you around
Having said that, you know what ? I'll drop that friend request the first time i'll launch Elite
Right on
To be fair you were using the wrong tactics, but have been happy to learn, so I think it would go differently now
There aren’t many pirates left, in my view mainl because of ODY and defects in the C&P system, plus of course lazy players.Judging from how you related with me in this thread, i guess there should be more pirates like you around
Captain_Pugwash_64Having said that, you know what ? I'll drop that friend request the first time i'll launch Elite
In addition: many traders/explorers try to escape by boosting with full pips in ENG. Don't bother, most griefers fly ships that will be faster anyway. Always put all pips in SYS for the 200% shield bonus. You are not going to get away from him, so flying as fast as you can in a straight line wont do you much good and makes shooting you much easier. So while your FSD spools try to be as annoying as you can be. Erratic FA Off flying, circle-strafing, that stuff. Remember you can be as close as you want when hi-waking, there is no mass-lock, and you are not trying to shoot at him either. You are only trying to make him miss a few shots during the 10s it takes to jump.Understood.
So the sequence with a fast boot fsd is:
Submit to interdiction.
Plan a jump to another system.
Take the first missile.
Use the cool down to execute the jump.
Thanks for the mentoring